EK17 done two attempts in Manchester- and now off to AMS
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Originally Posted by Airbanda
I think the LH gasometer has been demolished, or will be shortly.
There used to be a similar one in in South Harrow with NO lettering. The lettering was added following a number of incidents where aircraft mistook Northolt's runway for 23.
There used to be a similar one in in South Harrow with NO lettering. The lettering was added following a number of incidents where aircraft mistook Northolt's runway for 23.
From an earlier thread here:
The Captain of the Pan Am B707 which landed at Northolt instead of Heathrow was (allegedly) asked by ATC for his intentions. "I guess I'll take up Chicken Farming" was the reply.
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On Feb 9th all was difficult in N Europe (the continent and islands) 
Flight UX1093 (AirEuropa) a crowded 788 [EC-MIG] from Madrid to Amsterdam made 5 approaches (in these included 2 GAs) and decided to RETURN to MAD/LEMD
Videos of pax in the "tube".
Flight UX1093 (AirEuropa) a crowded 788 [EC-MIG] from Madrid to Amsterdam made 5 approaches (in these included 2 GAs) and decided to RETURN to MAD/LEMD
Videos of pax in the "tube".
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Originally Posted by Nialler
I was in Luxembourg last night where a code red had been issued early afternoon
The weather event was widespread.
The weather event was widespread.
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Originally Posted by gravityf1ghter
The EU and Europe are completely separate!
(Israel, Azerbaijan, Australia??!)
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Originally Posted by derjodel
Great Britain left Europe between 450,000 - 180,000 years ago 
Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
:0)
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Originally Posted by PDR1
Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
To pretend otherwise is a bit like saying that America didn't exist until Columbus (or the Chinese/Irish/Vikings/etc) discovered it.
Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Before the "Kingdom of Great Britain" was declared (actually as a result of the Act of Union in 1707), "Great Britain" was a perfectly correct geographical term for the big island off the coast of France.
To pretend otherwise is a bit like saying that America didn't exist until Columbus (or the Chinese/Irish/Vikings/etc) discovered it.
To pretend otherwise is a bit like saying that America didn't exist until Columbus (or the Chinese/Irish/Vikings/etc) discovered it.
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Originally Posted by PDR1
Another fake fact!
Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
:0)
PDR
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Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
:0)
PDR
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(er, shouldn't that be 'pedantry' ?)
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Originally Posted by PDR1
Another fake fact!
Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
:0)
PDR
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Great Britain did not exist until James 1st (VIth) invented the term to describe his kingdom as a single entity without any implied supermecy of England over Scotland or vice versa - this would have been abouyt 1605, so barely more than 400 years ago...
:0)
PDR
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I learnt that according to that font of much usually but not always reliable information, Wikipedia:
The classical writer, Ptolemy, referred to the larger island as great Britain (megale Bretannia) and to Ireland as little Britain (mikra Brettania) in his work, Almagest (147–148 AD).[37] In his later work, Geography (c. 150 AD), he gave these islands the names[38] Ἀλουίωνος (Alwiōnos), Ἰουερνίας (Iwernias), and Mona (the Isle of Man), suggesting these may have been native names of the individual islands not known to him at the time of writing Almagest.[39] The name Albion appears to have fallen out of use sometime after the Roman conquest of Great Britain, after which Britain became the more commonplace name for the island called Great Britain.
Clearly Ptolemy postdates the formation of the English Channel and the North Sea...
